Space Satellite Programme

Rights Information
Year
1958
Reference
33275
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1958
Reference
33275
Media type
Audio
Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Duration
00:10:20
Credits
RNZ Collection
Whale, H. A., 1921- (b.1921), Interviewee
Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-, Interviewee
STAGPOOL, V., Interviewee
Stuart, Bob, 1920-2005, Interviewee
BURT, G. J., Interviewee
Thompson, I. L., Interviewee
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (estab. 1946, closed 1962), Broadcaster

An unidentified broadcaster hosts a programme about the newly launched Sputnik satellite.

Contains excerpts of interviews and one sound effect of a satellite radio transmission [probably from Sputnik]:
American physicist Lloyd B Berkner describes satellites.
Dr H. A. Whale of the Seagrove Radio Research Station at Auckland University comments on Russian radio transmission frequencies. He explains the forces that keep the satellite up.
V. Stagpool from the NZBS receiving station at Quartz Hill near Wellington discusses the signals from the satellite; as far as they can tell they are purely for identification purposes. He dismisses claims the signals might be code.
Mr Bob Stewart, chairman of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters, discusses interest among New Zealand's amateur radio enthusiasts.
G. J. Burt from the Dominion Physical Laboratory comments on information derived from satellite transmissions.
I. L. Thompson from the Carter Observatory on the use of satellites.
Professor D. F. Lawdon, Canterbury University Mathematics Department, predicts the future use of satellites and estimates that man could be launched into space in the next 15 to 20 years.